It was in the year 1817, that some “American” authorities reported that an animal of very singular appearance had been repeatedly seen in the Harbour of Gloucester, at Cape Anne, nearly thirty miles from Boston; and Amos Story, of Gloucester, has deposed that he saw a strange marine animal, like a serpent, in the Harbour of Gloucester. It was noon when he first saw the animal, and it continued in sight for an hour and a half. Story was sitting on the shore, about twenty rods from the animal, whose head appeared shaped like the head of a sea-turtle, and was raised from ten to twelve inches above the surface of the water. At that distance it appeared larger than the head of any dog. From the back part of the head to the next part that was visible was from three to four feet. It moved very rapidly through the water—a mile in about three minutes. On this day, Story did not see more than ten or twelve feet of its body. Some days after this, he saw what he believed to be the same animal, which then lay perfectly still, extended on the water. He had a good telescope and continued looking at it for half-an-hour, and it remained still and perfectly visible. He did not, however, see its head nor tail. Its colour appeared a dark brown, and while the sun shone upon it the reflection was bright. Story thought its body was the size of a man’s. Another ship-master, Solomon Allen deposed that on the 12th, 13th, and 14th of August, 1817, he saw a strange marine animal, which he believed to be a Serpent, in the Harbour of Gloucester. This animal was between eighty and ninety feet in length, and about the size of a half-barrel—apparently having joints from the head to the tail. Allen was about one-hundred-and-fifty yards from it. The head was formed something like a rattlesnake, but nearly as large as that of a horse. Allen went round it in a boat several times. Its haunches appeared to be about ten inches from the surface of the water. At times its head was about ten feet in perpendicular height, and its mouth open.